January 13th Events |
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| January 13th, 2007 (January 13 2007) | Event | Two thirds of the Venus s southern hemisphere suddenly brightened as something triggered aerosols to form at a furious rate. | |
| January 13th, 2001 (January 13 2001) | Event | An earthquake hits El Salvador, killing more than 800. | |
| January 13th, 1992 (January 13 1992) | Event | Japan apologizes for forcing Korean women into sexual slavery during World War II. | |
| January 13th, 1991 (January 13 1991) | Event | Soviet Union military troops attack Lithuanian independence supporters in Vilnius. | |
| January 13th, 1990 (January 13 1990) | Event | L. Douglas Wilder becomes the first elected African American governor as he takes office in Richmond, Virginia. | |
| January 13th, 1986 (January 13 1986) | Event | A month-long violent struggle begins in Aden, South Yemen between supporters of Ali Nasir Muhammad and Abdul Fattah Ismail, resulting in thousands of casualties. | Muhammad Ali Quotes |
| January 13th, 1985 (January 13 1985) | Event | A passenger train plunged into a ravine at Ethiopia, killing 428, where accident is the worst railroad disaster in Africa. | |
| January 13th, 1982 (January 13 1982) | Event | Shortly after takeoff, Air Florida Flight 90 737 jet crashes into Washington, DC s 14th Street Bridge and falls into the Potomac River, killing 78 including four motorists. Coincidentally, a Washington DC Metro Rail train is derailed, killing 3 people. | |
| January 13th, 1974 (January 13 1974) | Event | Seraphim is elected Archbishop of Athens and All Greece. | |
| January 13th, 1972 (January 13 1972) | Event | Prime Minister Kofi Busia and President Edward Akufo-Addo of Ghana are ousted in a bloodless military coup by Col. Ignatius Kutu Acheamphong. | |
| January 13th, 1968 (January 13 1968) | Event | Johnny Cash performs live at Folsom Prison | Johnny Cash Quotes |
| January 13th, 1966 (January 13 1966) | Event | Robert C. Weaver becomes the first African American Cabinet member by being appointed United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. | |
| January 13th, 1964 (January 13 1964) | Event | Hindu-Muslim rioting breaks out in the Indian city of Calcuttanow Kolkataresulting in the deaths of more than 100 people. | |
| January 13th, 1964 (January 13 1964) | Event | Karol Wojtyla, the future Pope John Paul II, is appointed archbishop of Krakow, Poland. | |
| January 13th, 1958 (January 13 1958) | Event | Moroccan Liberation Army ambushes Spanish patrol in the Battle of Edchera. | |
| January 13th, 1953 (January 13 1953) | Event | Marshal Josip Broz Tito is chosen as President of Yugoslavia. | Josip Broz Tito Quotes |
| January 13th, 1942 (January 13 1942) | Event | Henry Ford patents a plastic automobile, which is 30% lighter than a regular car. | Henry Ford Quotes |
| January 13th, 1942 (January 13 1942) | Event | The United States begins Japanese American internment. | |
| January 13th, 1942 (January 13 1942) | Event | World War II: First use of aircraft ejection seat by a German test pilot in a Heinkel He 280 jet fighter. | |
| January 13th, 1939 (January 13 1939) | Event | The Black Friday bush fires burn 20,000 square kilometres of land in Australia, claiming the lives of 71 people. | |
| January 13th, 1938 (January 13 1938) | Event | The Church of England accepts the theory of evolution. | |
| January 13th, 1935 (January 13 1935) | Event | A plebiscite in Saarland shows that 90.3% of those voting wish to join Nazi Germany. | |
| January 13th, 1934 (January 13 1934) | Event | The Candidate of Science degree is established in the USSR. | |
| January 13th, 1915 (January 13 1915) | Event | An earthquake in Avezzano, Italy kills 29,800. | |
| January 13th, 1913 (January 13 1913) | Event | Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Incorporated was founded on the campus of Howard University as the second Black Greek Letter Organization for Women. The mission was to make a move towards social activism. | |
| January 13th, 1908 (January 13 1908) | Event | Rhoads Opera House fire in Boyertown, PA killing 171 people. | |
| January 13th, 1898 (January 13 1898) | Event | Emile Zola s J accuse exposes the Dreyfus affair. | Emile Zola Quotes |
| January 13th, 1893 (January 13 1893) | Event | The Independent Labour Party of the UK has its first meeting. | |
| January 13th, 1893 (January 13 1893) | Event | U.S. Marines land in Honolulu from the U.S.S. Boston to prevent the queen from abrogating the Bayonet Constitution. | |
| January 13th, 1869 (January 13 1869) | Event | National convention of black leaders meets in Washington D.C. | |
| January 13th, 1847 (January 13 1847) | Event | The Treaty of Cahuenga ends the Mexican-American War in California. | |
| January 13th, 1842 (January 13 1842) | Event | Dr. William Brydon, a surgeon in the British Army during the First Anglo-Afghan War, becomes famous for being the sole survivor of an army of 16,500 when he reaches the safety of a garrison in Jalalabad. | |
| January 13th, 1840 (January 13 1840) | Event | The steamship Lexington burns and sinks four miles off the coast of Long Island with the loss of 139 lives. | |
| January 13th, 1832 (January 13 1832) | Event | President Andrew Jackson writes to Vice President Martin Van Buren expressing his opposition to South Carolina s defiance of federal authority in the Nullification Crisis. | Martin Van Buren Quotes |
| January 13th, 1830 (January 13 1830) | Event | The Great fire of New Orleans, Louisiana begins. | |
| January 13th, 1822 (January 13 1822) | Event | The design of the Greek flag is adopted by the First National Assembly at Epidaurus. | |
| January 13th, 1785 (January 13 1785) | Event | John Walter publishes the first issue of the Daily Universal Register (later renamed The Times). | |
| January 13th, 1733 (January 13 1733) | Event | James Oglethorpe and 130 colonists arrive in Charleston, South Carolina. | |
| January 13th, 1610 (January 13 1610) | Event | Galileo Galilei discovers Callisto, 4th moon of Jupiter. | Galileo Galilei Quotes |
| January 13th, 1607 (January 13 1607) | Event | The Bank of Genoa fails after announcement of national bankruptcy in Spain. | |
| January 13th, 1605 (January 13 1605) | Event | The controversial play Eastward Hoe by Ben Jonson, George Chapman, and John Marston is performed, landing two of the authors in prison. | John Marston Quotes |
| January 13th, 1559 (January 13 1559) | Event | Elizabeth I crowned queen of England in Westminster Abbey, London. | |
| January 13th, 1547 (January 13 1547) | Event | Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey is sentenced to death. | |
| January 13th, 1328 (January 13 1328) | Event | Edward III of England marries Philippa of Hainault, daughter of the Count of Hainault. | |
| January 13th, 0888 (January 13 0888) | Event | Odo, Count of Paris becomes King of the Franks. | |
| January 13th, 0532 (January 13 0532) | Event | Nika riots in Constantinople. | |
